Almighty and everliving God, whose servant Thomas Cranmer, with others, did restore the language of the people in the prayers of thy Church: Make us always thankful for this heritage; and help us so to pray in the Spirit and with the understanding, that we may worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
9 June 1549: #otd The first Book of Common Prayer became compulsory in #England (BM) pic.twitter.com/j98KXHwhoT
— John McCafferty (@jdmccafferty) June 9, 2018